I open my eyes to the a bright light shining in my face. I open my eyes and see the lights are on. "Rise and shine." Dr. Grey said. I rub my eyes trying to get used to the light. He gives me a check up. "Okay. You're all good to go to the mental hospital." He said. "Is that far away from here?" I asked. "It's a few buildings down." He said. I take a deep breath as the doctor starts rolling me down the hallway on my bed. I'm still in my gown.
He takes me through this little bridge inside the hospital and into a room. "Here we are." He said. "What? I thought we were going outside." I said. "It's all connected, hon." He said. I roll my eyes. I need fresh air. He signs me in and leaves. I hear people screaming and crying and singing and it's so scary. I take a deep breath.
The whole day, I just stayed in my room. I didn't go anywhere. It was a little quieter during the day. I look at the time. It's 3:00. Im not tired at all. I'm scared to go to sleep because I hear people screaming with all their gut and people crying loudly and people singing. It sounds like I'm in a scary movie. I'm so scared. I'm shaking.
When the doctor comes in at 8:00, I'm already awake because I haven't gone to sleep. I can't possibly with all this noise. It's scary.
It's 3 days later and I haven't slept the whole time I was in here. Not one bit. The boys weren't allowed to visit me so that's good. I don't want to see them. I don't want them to be sad. I sigh. "You can finally get out of here but you have to have an adult take you home." Dr. Grey said. "Call my mom." I said. He nods and calls her. He talks for a little and they hang up. "What did she say?" I asked. "She said she's getting in a plane now and she'll be here in an hour." He said. I nod. People are still screaming. It's scary. "Okay." I said with a breath of relief that my mom is coming. Hopefully my dad isn't. Even if he does, I know he won't hit me anymore. He wanted me to come home right? Yeah. I think.
An hour later, I hear the door open. I turn my head and see my mom. She runs over to my bed and gives me a hug, not saying anything. She just hugs me. Little things like this really make me feel loved. "I missed you." She said wiping a tear. "I missed you too." I said. "Alright. Let's get you out of here." She said. She has clothes for me. Sweatpants, a t-shirt, and a sweatshirt. She even brought me socks and Nike slides. How nice. I put them all on and stand up from the bed. I don't even feel like walking because I'm so tired but I try my best. As we out the door, I see my dad in a car. He pulls up in front of us. I hesitate for a second. "It's okay, Riley. We'll sit in the back seat." My mom said. I look at her and nod. She opens the door and my dad looks back at me and my mom getting in the car. "I'm glad you finally noticed how much you need us." My father said. My mom doesn't say anything. Neither do I. I put my seatbelt on and we start driving. It's a long drive from here to where my mom lives and I'm very tired. My mom puts her arm around me and I lay on her shoulder. She strokes my hair.
10 minutes later, I'm half asleep. "Oh are you tired?" My dad asked in a snotty voice. "Shhh. You're gonna wake her up." My mom said. "I don't care." My dad said continuing to drive. "Well, you should. She's been in there for three days and hasn't slept the whole time. She needs sleep." My mom said. "Fine. But if she gets car sick back there I'm gonna beat the shit out of her." My dad said. "She's not gonna get sick." My mom said rubbing my head. "You never know." My dad said. I open my eyes a little bit and see my dad looking at me through the mirror. He sees that in almost asleep and he turns down the radio. Aww how sweet. The radio is very quiet. My dad is singing along to it. He has an amazing voice. I love people with amazing voices but my dad is a dick so I don't love him. I just forget that my dad is a dick for a second and listen to his soothing voice. As my mom is rubbing my head and my dad is singing, I fall asleep.
